unable to rip some audio cds that play without error

I have a few audio CDs that refuse to be ripped by cdparanoia.  It's 
usually the last track that causes the problem. Lots of transport 
errors. I can rip these tracks with -Z (after several hours) and I get a 
bunch of eees in the status msg. The resulting wav file doesn't play at 
all well. Lots of skips. However if I play the cd on an audio system I 
never seem to get a problem - not one that I notice.

Are there some aspects of audio encoding that aren't handled by 
cdparanoia? I have wondered whether audio CD tolerances are not as close 
as those required for DVD-ROM or RW drives?.  I've tried several drives 
to rip from - all with the same result.

The CDs in question are not SACDs - they seem to be regular audio CDs 
produced by Warner Music France. I've also returned then to Amazon for 
replacements but the same behavious. The can't be read by cdparanoia or 
any other audio cd software eg vlc.

Any one have any insight into that is happening. Are these discs faulty?

I'm running on Ubuntu  with cdparanoia III 10.2

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Regards,
Richard J Moore

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